Wayne wrote: > > (I recently reported news from Richard Hungerford and USCHO: the > ECAC-HE games in NYC on December 22 (including a Maine/Colgate game) > is being moved to the Hartford Civic Center..wts) > > Today I report that it appears that not only the location has changed, > but the date appears to have changed from December 22 to December 21. > > Both the ECAC and some people at UNH are reporting the date change. > > Fwiw, USCHO is still reporting December 22 games. HockeyEast is no help > at all, as their web site still thinks this is the 1997-98 season. > USCHO got the news about the venue switch early, but for some reason weren't notified about the date change at that time. We've updated that info now. > The excellent Maine Hockey web site has yet to pick up on either change, > so you might want to hold off buying those non-refundable/no-change > airline tickets for a while. :-) > > Don't they want anyone to attend? It would be better to hold the games > at UNH or Maine, if they'd like to recoup costs! > I think the reason is that the same corporation owns both MSG and the Civic Center. Contractual obligations made a switch to a team site impossible and the Civic Center probably just represented a cutting of the losses. > See you all at the Alfond Saturday afternoon (4:30 start time according > to the hockey office) for free eats and a fun look at our new team! > Or you could alternatively say, "a new look at our fun team!" I haven't seen a thing yet, but I think Maine fans are in for a treat this year. Dave Hendrickson